Tag: Ramadan
Two Palestinians arrested after five Israelis wounded in stoning near Jerusalem Old City
The Jerusalem District Police announced on Sunday that two suspects had been arrested in connection with the stoning of several buses near Jerusalem’s Old City earlier in the day. Five Israelis sustained light injuries...
More than 300 Palestinian rioters arrested in Temple Mount clashes ahead of Passover
Security tensions in Israel in recent weeks hit a new high on April 15, the second Friday of Ramadan and the eve of Passover. By mid-morning Friday, some 300 Palestinian rioters on the Temple...
Jerusalem police on high alert ahead of Passover seder, second Friday of Ramadan
The Israel Police have directed hotels across the country to ramp up security ahead of the Passover seder, which this year falls on the second Friday of Ramadan. Amid the tense security situation in...
Fear terrorism, not the Israelis defending against it
At a Tel Aviv café on Monday morning, I overheard a couple talking about the terrorist surge responsible for the fact that the normally packed establishment was as relatively empty as the adjacent Carmel...
Interfaith Iftar participants decry terror attacks in Israel
Participants at an interfaith event, co-hosted by the American Muslim and Multifaith Women’s Empowerment Council, the Mukhayriq Initiative and the Combat Antisemitism Movement (CAM), spoke out against the Arab terrorist attacks in Israel that...
Despite spate of violence, Israel to allow Palestinians to visit Temple Mount
Despite a wave of Palestinian Arab violence that has left 11 Israelis dead in recent weeks, Israel plans to allow women and children, as well as men over the age of 40, from the...
Israeli defense minister demands ‘peace and quiet’ in call with Abbas
Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz told Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas on Tuesday that Ramadan must not be a “period marked by terror,” according to an official statement.
In a telephone conversation, Gantz thanked Abbas...
In apparent swipe at Lapid, Gantz calls to refrain from ‘provocative’ acts
Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz on Monday called on Israelis to refrain from taking “provocative” actions. The comment, made during an interview with 103 FM, was an apparent criticism of Foreign Minister Yair Lapid’s tour...
Blinken, Jordanian foreign minister discuss ‘need for calm in Jerusalem’ during holidays
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken spoke with Jordanian Foreign Minister Ayman H. Safadi on Friday to reaffirm the deep strategic relationship between the United States and the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, according to...
Jews in Nigeria to distribute 250,000 meals in five cities during Ramadan food rush
Amid food shortages among the poorest and most vulnerable in Nigeria as Ramadan comes to an end for the majority Muslim population, Chabad Lubavitch of Nigeria has launched its annual food drive to distribute...